Famine Bride: Marry into the best in-laws and win

After the old lady finished explaining the matter, she waved to Mrs. Shen and Lin Luoxia.

"You two should also keep busy. You must take good care of the two chickens at home. Take the children and catch some earthworms to supplement the nutrition of the chickens."

A few years ago, when there was no famine, we still had more than ten chickens at home. Later, when there was no food, we had to kill the chickens slowly. Now, there are only these two laying hens left at home.

If you save some eggs every month, you can exchange them for some money at the supply and marketing cooperative.

After sending the two away, the old lady kept Xu Manyue alone.

"Man Yue, come with me, mother will show you something." The old lady got off the bed and moved the cabinet in the room, and a wooden board appeared on the ground.

Xu Manyue instantly had a guess in her mind.

"When I was young, I went hungry and suffered. I saw everything. Then things started to get better, but I kept dreaming about those days. I couldn't sleep well, and I couldn't eat."

The old lady squatted down and lifted the heavy wooden board. Xu Manyue hurried forward to help her move the board away.

"Jingming's father, in order to make me feel at ease, personally dug this small cellar and put some food in it every day to make me happy."

"After his father died, I put half a bowl of cornmeal, or some rice, or maybe some other food in here every day."

The wooden planks were removed, revealing a dark entrance.

The old lady went down first.

Xu Manyue followed closely behind her. She held the kerosene lamp in her hand and shone it forward, revealing the surrounding situation.

The cellar is about eight or nine square meters, smaller than the room she lives in now.

There's a lot of chaos in here, it seems like there's everything.

There were some sweet potatoes piled up in the corner, some of which had become moldy and smelly.

In the corner of the wall on the other side, there were two bamboo baskets, with two cloth bags full of things inside.

The old lady walked over, opened the cloth bag, and a handful of yellow corn flour appeared in her wrinkled palm.

She smiled and waved, "Third wife, what do you think of this stick?"

Xu Manyue suppressed her shock and made a rough estimate, "Mom, these cornmeal are probably several dozen kilograms, plus the pile of sweet potatoes that haven't gone bad, our family's food reserves are at least fifty or sixty kilograms."

Don't underestimate fifty or sixty kilograms of food, it's not a large quantity.

In another month or two, the canteen will be disbanded. When the famine is at its worst, this little bit of food will be life-saving food.

The old lady smiled and nodded, "Besides these, there is some rice in here, but it is all old rice, the color is not good and the taste is not good."

When the old man was still alive, he was also a good farmer. The couple was well-known for their ability in the surrounding area. They brought in a handful of grain every day, and after saving for so many years, they had saved a lot of grain.

"Stale rice is also food. Being able to survive is more important than anything else."

Xu Manyue checked the grains here one by one, and found that a lot of the grains had indeed become moldy and rotten, but some of them were good.

"Mom, I'll get rid of these inedible grains first and reorganize the good grains to avoid being affected by the moldy grains."

The old lady nodded and said, "Third daughter-in-law, I have only told you about this cellar, so you must keep it a secret. The eldest daughter-in-law is not good at keeping secrets, and the second daughter-in-law is not in charge of things. In this family, you are the only one left."

"A few days ago, I noticed that you had noticed that our brigade's warehouse was running out of food."

Xu Manyue was stunned for a moment, then pursed her lips and smiled, "Mom, you are still smart."

The old lady said angrily, "Of course. I've lived for most of my life and have seen everything. I saw clearly what you did to the bicycle today and how you cheated your elder sister."

Xu Manyue walked forward with a smile, took the old lady's arm, and blinked her eyes, "It seems that mother still loves me and didn't expose me in front of me."

"In the future, I will definitely respect my mother and strive to be a caring and good daughter-in-law to her."

The old lady smiled from ear to ear and reached out to poke Xu Manyue's forehead. "You, your mouth is as sweet as honey. If mother doesn't love you, who will she love?"

"You are the daughter that mother just adopted."

"I guess this family will still have to rely on you in the future."

Xu Manyue curled her lips and leaned directly into the old lady's arms, "Mom, you only know how to trick me. You said so much, but you just want me to do things for you."

The old lady held Xu Manyue's hand tightly and refused to let go. "No, no, I gave the cellar to you so that I could teach you how to manage the household."

"Your eldest sister-in-law is not very motivated, and your second sister-in-law is not attentive. In this family, mother has high hopes for you. This family cannot do without you."

"Man Yue, you should work hard and give your sister-in-law more advice. Don't be such a fool all day long."

"You should also pay more attention to your second sister-in-law, teach her to be more careful and focus more on her man. I don't want a wild child to come out one day and call me grandma."

Xu Manyue understood. It turned out that they wanted her to share some of the responsibilities of being a mother-in-law.

Her eyes rolled, she pulled the old lady's hand away, and raised her hand to pretend to wipe away her tears.

"Mom, I have no one to rely on in this house, and I'm a new daughter-in-law. If you want me to do something, you have to give me some benefits."

The old lady shook her head repeatedly, and her bound legs, like an arrow shot from a bow, suddenly moved away from Xu Manyue.

"What benefit? Mother has no benefit for you. No, no, nothing at all."

Xu Manyue smiled gently and approached the old lady step by step.

"Mom, don't worry, I don't want anything either."

"Didn't you say you treat me like your own daughter? From now on, you just need to protect me and stand by my side in front of my sister-in-law and the others."

"Look at me, how considerate I am."

The old lady subconsciously opened her mouth to refuse, "What if it's your fault? If I stand on your side, they will scold me to death in private."

Don't think she doesn't know that the eldest son's wife treats her respectfully on the surface, but in fact often scolds her in private.

The second son's wife is not a good person either. She has been married for so many years, but she has not given birth to a grandson for him. She also watches the second son every day and night, and has an affair with those widows.

She is already old, and she is really afraid that one day those widows will come to her house with their eldest grandchildren and call her "nanny".

The new third daughter-in-law is not easy to deal with either. She just knows how to make her angry every day.

Xu Manyue blinked and said, "Just pretend you don't know."

"When you get older, you can be more open-minded and maybe live longer."

As soon as these words came out, the old lady was so angry that she jumped up and down, "Third daughter-in-law...you...look at this, what kind of nonsense are you talking about..."

What does it mean to be more open-minded and live longer?

Xu Manyue stepped forward and patted her back to calm her down. Her tone was very sincere, "Mom, don't be angry. Your body is yours. It's not my fault if you get sick from anger."

The old lady became even angrier, her teeth grinding loudly. "Xu Manyue, get out of here!"

Who is the mother-in-law and who is the daughter-in-law? Which mother-in-law acts like a grandson in front of her daughter-in-law?

Xu Manyue smiled gently, "No, mother, you are old, I'd better stay by your side and fulfill my filial duty."